..With the investigation of the regulation and possible function of anabolic sex steroids via gene expression, a preparatory work for the development of an expression pattern for drug screening was made...

Validation of extraction methods for total RNA and miRNA from bovine blood prior to quantitative gene expression analyses

..More than half of the targets participate in ATP production or stress response. Therefore, it appears that higher zinc concentrations mediate their effects mainly via impairments in cellular energy metabolism and stress response...

..In contrast to urine analysis, feces analysis appeared to be a suitable means of non-invasive screening before slaughter for surveillance of MGA treatment and verification of its compliance with labeled dosage...

Expression and localization of members of the thrombospondin family during final follicle maturation and corpus luteum formation and function in the bovine ovary

..001). Similarly, (+)-catechin inhibited the DNA amplification (p < 0.01) but had no effect on the RT reaction. The effects could be observed in physiological flavanol concentrations ranging from 10(-5) to 10(-8)M...

..To investigate the molecular mechanisms of iron homeostasis, corresponding essential genes are manipulated by many working groups. This asks for a simple method to pursue the resulting impact on body iron-distribution in mice...

..This study provides the first evidence that even moderate zinc deficiency in an adult, non-growing rat model is able to elevate mRNA expression levels of factors involved in early stages of apoptosis...

..No mutations causing splicing defects or altering protein-coding sequences were identified in the genes of the three proteins. The present study implicates two motor proteins as possible candidates in SALS pathology...